HotelChatter - Tag: W Talent Shows

London: W London Unveils Its Casting Couch

juliab — 2010-09-20T11:26:06-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/winsider.jpg" class="top"> Imagine the scenario. Youre a soon to open W hotel. You know you have a reputation as an employer of ever so trendy people to uphold. And youre opening up in one of the trendiest cities in the world. Do you a) crack under the pressure and weep that you dont know how youre going to find the hipsters to staff your gaffe? Or, b) find the most flamboyant way you can to announce your search, and lure said hipsters in? If youre the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/W+London+Leicester+Square/local/1724">W London</a>, you do the latter in style. To cast its new insider position aka their uber-concierge theyre holding what theyre billing as an Americas Next Top Model meets

New York: 'Spirit Fingers' are Warming Up at The W New York Downtown

Jennifer Kester — 2010-07-15T14:42:16-05:00

The the soon-to-be-opening W New York Downtown is readying its "talent," or in plainspeak, its employees, for the hotel's August 16 opening.

W Hotels are known for throwing "talent shows" to hire employees. And no, they refuse to use terminology like "job fairs." After the new workers are chosen, then comes the pageant-sounding talent training portion of the process. As you can see from the photo, the opening-team workers typically get treated to cheerleader-led festivities as part of the training.

New York: Aloft Harlem Holds Auditions to Find 'Sassy, Savvy, Outgoing' Talent

MsRebecca — 2010-06-24T13:55:56-05:00

The audiences at 'Showtime at the Apollo' are notoriously tough, but yesterday's crowd at the Harlem theater is known for loving a good talent show. Yes, the Starwood HR folks were at it again, this time casting staff for the new Aloft Harlem—which is now opening on August 19.

The hotel's sales and marketing director Aleks Truglio told the New York Times that yesterday's auditions were all about finding "people who are sassy, savvy, outgoing — the people who love working with other people and who embrace human contact.”

Hollywood: W Hollywood is Currently Finessing Its Whatever-Whenever Technique

juliana — 2010-01-18T15:24:35-05:00

For a hotel brand that prides itself on having "talent shows" to hire its employees, it was only fitting that the new employees for the W Hollywood got the red carpet treatment when they entered the hotel to begin their intense training period. The hotel is set to open January 28th.

Last Thursday, the event to welcome the new W employees kicked off at 9am when the employees registered at the Pantages Theater to receive their official W Hollywood IDs. Then the general manager, Jim McPartlin, gave the troops a pep talk in front of the theater before leading them across Hollywood Boulevard and into the hotel for their first day of work.

Vieques: Try Out for W Vieques's 'Talent Show'

Jennifer Kester — 2009-08-17T08:20:05-05:00

The W Hotel is auditioning for another one of its talent shows. That's W-speak meaning that the company is interviewing people at its job fair. The prize for this particular talent show is a gig at the W Retreat & Spa, Vieques Island, which is set to open in mid-November.